Dr. Mariah Zeisberg

Biography

Mariah Zeisberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Director of Undergraduate Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University and has previously been a Tatum Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Her research interests encompass constitutional theory, philosophy of law, and liberal democratic theory, particularly as these concepts relate to American political development. Zeisberg's notable work includes her book 'War Powers: Politics and Constitutional Authority,' published by Princeton University Press in 2013, which provides an in-depth account of constitutional fidelity across the electoral branches. Additionally, her current research examines the antislavery constitutional project and features a recent publication on Frederick Douglass’s constitutional politics in the context of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. As an educator, she teaches courses on topics such as Constitutional Law, Political Theory, and Antislavery Constitutionalism.

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